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Grooveshark Gets the Boot; Sideloading to the Rescue?
by Michael Santo — Thursday, April 07, 2011, 11:29 AM EDT
Google has booted the music app Grooveshark from the Android Market. While it's still unclear as to the exact reason that the app was kicked out, the theory is that it was booted because of pressure over possible copyright violations.
Grooveshark is a service that allows free music streaming via files that its users have posted to the site.
While the app is not in the Android Market any longer, and isn't in the Amazon Appstore either, you can still install it via sideloading. Unlike iOS, Android apps can be installed from other app repositories as long as the end user sets the appropriate setting in the Android OS.
From Settings, go to Applications and check the box next to Unknown Sources. Unfortunately, just as with the Amazon Appstore, which is based on sideloading as well, there's no easy way for AT&T users to do this as that carrier has seen fit to remove that setting. AT&T users can use the Sideload Wonder Machine (SWM) but it's not for the non-techie.
Grooveshark for Android, the app, is free, but in order to use it, you have to have a Grooveshark for Anywhere account that costs $9 / month. Therefore, downloading this APK (Android Application) file is not piracy.
You can download the file here. It's version 2.0.8; we're unclear if that is the latest version, but the file itself was discovered by BI, so we believe it to be legitimate. Hopefully, the company itself will post the APK on its own site.
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'Titans' Star Teagan Croft Discusses Spreading Her Wings As Raven
Posted October 24th, 2018 by Jordan DesJardins
Do you ever have one of those days where you think your parents might be evil? What if you woke up and found out they actually were! Longtime fan favorite 'Teen Titan' character Raven has dealt with this issue for most of her life, and it never seems to get any easier. Raven's demonic heritage has lead to Raven having some unique super powers that tend to drag down the room a bit, including empathy, telepathy, telekinesis, and flight! It's also left her with the motherload of mental and emotional baggage to deal with, which is part of what has made Raven such an interesting character since her introduction in 1980!
DC Entertainment has just launched their new 'DC Universe' subscription streaming service and with it, the service's first flagship exclusive title, a live-action adaptation of the popular 'Teen Titans' comic books simply titled 'Titans'. While we have seen numerous animated takes on the team before, this is the first time the majority of these characters have ever been seen adapted for live action, so fans of the 'Teen Titans' comics have a lot to look forward to!
We recently sat down with series star Teagan Croft who plays Rachel aka 'Raven' on the new series to talk about her time on the show, how she gets into character as Raven, and what it's like to bring this beloved team to life in a live-action setting for the first time! Check out our full interview below!
What's it like to bring Raven to life for the first time in live action?
Teagan Croft: It's amazing to bring Raven to life because she's such an iconic character! It's never been done in live action before, so I'm just so lucky! I'm really excited for everyone to see it.
Do you feel like Rachel really trusts Dick right away, or is she just kind of with him because she's in the terrible circumstance?
TC: Well, because of Rachel's empathic abilities… not that she calls it that, she doesn't know what it is, but they are. But because of this she can see his past, she's dreamt about his past, and she can read his emotions, so she can tell that he is not judgy, he knows what he's doing, and that he's trustworthy. So that's why she trusts him.
Will we be seeing any of Raven's father this season?
TC: Well, a big part of Rachel's identity is not knowing who her parents are in this series, so the season looks at her trying to figure out who she is, and through that, who her parents are. She finds out her mom isn't her real mom, and anyone who has read the comics would know who her father is. Because the show is based on the comics, it's going to be… well it may or may not be the same, but we'll have to see!
Raven is kind of still developing on this show, so we aren't seeing the finished product. What's it like to play her evolution on the series?
TC: It's really fun to play an evolution, because through every episode, just like in the show, my relationships with teh cast members get closer and warmer. So int eh first episode, it's very similar to the real relationships, because at that point I don't really know them. But on the final episode where we are all really closely knit, we've known each other for nine months! It was really fun to play that growth because I felt that growth in the same way. And in terms of powers and super powers? It's fun to continue to discover the new powers are Rachel does.
Have you read a lot of the 'Titans' comics to prepare for the role?
TC: When I foudn otu about the audition, me and my father went down to a comic store and we got all of the 1980's, the first volume from Marv Wolfman and George Perez with Raven in it, and we got the Raven miniseries because she's closer to my age and closer to how I'm portraying the character. I did a lot of research! We got the first season of the cartoon online, so I definitely did my research!
What is the most challenging part of playing Raven?
TC: I'd say the most challenging part, which is also one of the most fun parts, getting to the dark emotional places that she is in almost every episode. In almost every episode, something happens that makes her cry or scream… there is a lot of screaming in this show! And as an acotr, I had to get there myself, which is pretty difficult to do! But at the same time, so rewarding, and satisfying when I do, so I have a lot of fun doing it. So it's both the most difficult thing and the most fun thing.
What do you do to get to that dark place?
TC: It's hard to know, because sometimes its after a long scene, so I can kind of get myself there after just finding myself in the character. Other times when it's more immediate, I think of… well because sometimes I was up there without my family, I would think of missing them. I really missed them, so it really got me… I don't want to say to a "dark place" because they make me happy, but it made me cry.
The tone of 'Titans' is something we haven't seen much of in a DC live action show. It's very gritty and raw in that way. It's the formation of the team and you guys are sort of put through the ringer and really get hurt! What's it like to play that?
TC: It's interesting actually, because behind the scenes you see the mass amounts fo makeup. I mean they're in there for hours! It's incredible! Really incredible! So you see everything, and I love to watch the stunt people do their thing. It's really cool to see them look like they're getting beat up and everything but they're actually just kind of flipping and dodging it! I made friends with some stunt people and it was a really fun aspect of the show! Sometimes it was a little bit hard to distinguish from reality, like when it's a bit too close for comfort. But after that, I have my support system, my family, my friends on set, my double Carly, and everyone just sort of helped pull me out of it.
Does the make up, like the bruising and stuff, kind of help take you to that moment too?
TC: Yes! Raven doesn't really get hurt as much on the show because she's just so ultra-powerful; Not to toot my own horn or anything! But getting into the character, getting the wig on, it definitely helps with that and getting into the dark place we talked about before. Getting into the scenes, watching them set up and reading my lines, really gets me like "this is who I am" for the next hour or so before we have a break or anything. Costume and appearance, and also just tryyng to be quiet is very difficult for me on set! I'm a pretty talkative person!
'Titans' is streaming now exclusively on the DC Universe subscription streaming service! The series stars Teagn Croft, Brenton Thwaites, Ryan Potter, Anna Diop, Alan Ritchson, and Minka Kelly. Be sure to keep up with Teagan Croft on Twitter and Instagram! Stay tuned to ScienceFiction.com for all the latest on 'Titans'!
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We look at the situation in Tampa, which is predicted to be directly in the path of Hurricane Irma.
Hurricane Irma has moved over the Florida Keys, and it's getting set to make its way up the west coast of Florida. The Tampa-St. Petersburg area seems to be in for a rough time over the next several hours. A direct hit from the hurricane could bring a storm surge as high as 15 feet. More than a third of this state is under mandatory evacuation, and people are hunkered down in hotels or inside their own boarded-up homes. And tens of thousands are riding out the storm in shelters around the state. NPR's Leila Fadel is at one of those shelters in Tampa, and she joins us now.
Leila, can you describe the shelter for us?
LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: Yes, I'm at a special-needs shelter. This is usually the basketball court for the University of South Florida. I see home of the bulls in the bleachers. But right now, it's cots for as far as you can see, oxygen tanks, people in lines getting juice, getting water and getting hunkered down, ready to ride this storm out. We haven't seen it yet. It hasn't made it up here yet, just some heavy rain. But everybody here is in cots, in chairs, waiting for this storm to come.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: When you say special needs, what kinds of special-needs people are there?
FADEL: Well, this is a place where a lot of hospices have brought people to ride out the storm because they have nurses and physicians on staff, generators, as I said, medium, small and large oxygen tanks. We spoke to a woman who had recently had open-heart surgery and at noon, yesterday, realized Tampa was going to get a direct hit, possibly. So she left her house, went to a shelter, and they told her, come here. Here is where the doctors are, the nurses are. And so they really are - they're really taking care of patients here. And most people come with their own caregivers, whether it's a family member or someone else. But they're also trying not to turn away other people as well if they really need a place to shelter right now because the storm is knocking on the doors.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: What is the mood of the people that you've been speaking to? As you mentioned, people were not prepared for the storm to take a turn to their city.
FADEL: You know, surprisingly, people are just sort of saying, you know, it's here now, we've got to do the best. We spoke to lots of volunteers who got emails and said they're going to show up, who left their families in other places in the state that took refuge there and came here to take care of others because they're from Tampa or St. Petersburg and have a skill.
We have spoken to business owners who last minute were boarding up their businesses and letting their employees evacuate. Everybody, now, at this point, is where they are going to be when the storm hits, and they're just waiting for it to come. This particular shelter is actually over capacity, as many shelters around this area are.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Do they have enough supplies?
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GARCIA-NAVARRO: All right, that's Leila Fadel in Tampa. Thank you so much.
And to recap our main story, Hurricane Irma is moving toward west coast Florida cities.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: It's a Category 4 storm with maximum winds of 130 miles per hour. Irma is heading up the Gulf Coast, where its impact is expected to be most severe. But the hurricane is being felt across this entire state. At least 1.3 million customers have lost power already. Florida Governor Rick Scott has requested a major disaster declaration from President Trump. Stay tuned to NPR throughout the day for coverage from our NPR and member station correspondents across Florida. I'm Lulu Garcia-Navarro in Miami.


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Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, on the failings of the Northern Powerhouse, and how Liverpool is attempting to turn the tide in an era of austerity.
By Joe Anderson
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Britain has become a tale of two halves. If evidence were needed that this government solely governs for the South let's just follow the money. In this crippling era of austerity, the colossal inequalities between North and South are greater than ever, and yet our nation's decision-makers remain incapable of breaking out of their Whitehall bubble.
They smugly wrap their arms around their budgets, wholly ignorant of the human cost of their blinkered decisions – be it Universal Credit, public transport, or the inability or refusal to reform local taxation. Just 200 miles away in Liverpool, I see the stark consequences of these actions every day. I see it in the 32,000 children living in poverty, the return of diseases not seen since Victorian times and the staggering rise in foodbanks. I see it in the vast life expectancy disparities, in the lower educational attainment of our children and in the higher rates of unemployment. I see it in the failure to invest in transport links – a failure that further cements a geographical barrier.
Last month I spoke at a New Statesman conference on the Northern Powerhouse – the vision of which was meant to go some way to addressing these inequalities. In a country dominated by a southern-centric economy and one of the most centralised governments in the world, this was the chance for a conglomerate of towns and cities in the North – with a population bigger than London and an economy greater than Scotland - to redress the balance.
Promises were made and plans were laid. Jake Berry was appointed as the Minister in charge of helping the ambitions of the Powerhouse be realised. And then the B-word happened!
Consumed in self-interest, blunders, disasters and dithering, the government has made sure that the Northern Powerhouse has remained a pipe dream. Considering the lack of real substantive work on the ground, we're in no better position than if Mary Berry had been at the helm.
So with the Powerhouse indefinitely stalled and the icy fingers of austerity tightening their dead-hand grip, we've done what we have always done as a resilient, can do city - looked forward and forged ahead. The government's flawed funding formula has lost us an utterly debilitating 63 per cent of our budget – the equivalent of £436million a year – but we are a city of innovators and creators and have found new ways to not only survive, but to thrive.
You only have to look at our £1bn project at Paddington Village to see how far we've come. A world-leading innovation district is going to be a game-changer for our economy, housing some of the world's most influential players in science, health, technology and education. The Northern HQ for the Royal College of Physicians and the Rutherford Cancer Centre are just some of the names moving in, creating highly paid jobs and new avenues to retain more of our talented graduates.
Invest to Earn is another route we have taken that has seen us investing in the private sector to generate an income. We've purchased the historic Cunard building that has not only generated a rental income but has also significantly increased in value. And so by thinking differently and more commercially, we've been able to protect our vital services and the most vulnerable in our city.
So, if this can be done without help – and under such difficult circumstances – just think how great our cities and towns of the North could be if the Government were to just support us.
But for the real potential of the Northern Powerhouse to be realised, meaningful fiscal devolution needs to happen, with a move towards more decentralised policymaking.The power needs to be in the hands of the people who know the strengths of their region, rather than with out-of-touch politicians and mandarins living in the leafy suburbs within the M25.
For it to really work, we need targeted funding and rather that just one minister for the Northern Powerhouse, a whole team. For Liverpool at least, our best days are yet to come, and with or without the help of the government, I will do all I can to make sure that this is realised.
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Q: EF4.0, repositories, and Ninject 2 This is in continuation of two ongoing problems I'm facing: Problems trying to attach a new EF4 entity to ObjectContext while its entity collection entities are already attached and EF4.0 - Is there a way to see what entities are attached to what ObjectContext during debugging?  I'm using this space to ask another somewhat complicated question, and I don't want to make a huge, ultra long question out of my other threads.
So, a quick rundown:
I have incoming form data which is bound to a DTO.  I want to map the DTO to an Entity (a Game entity).  The wrinkle is that the Game contains a EntityCollection which I must create and Add() to the Game based on a int[] in the DTO (each integer represents the ID of a Platform).  And, naturally, EF4 is choking in part because it's a many-to-many relationship, but also, I think, because there's some shenanigans going on with how many ObjectContext objects are in play.  I keep getting an exception claiming I can't add my retrieved Platform entities to my new Game entity because they belong to two different ObjectContexts.  I can't see how that is possible given my current set up, but I'm not sure what else the problem could be.
Okay, so I have three repositories which I inject into my controller via Ninject interface injection.  I create the ObjectContexts in each like so:
public class HGGameRepository : IGameRepository
{
    private HGEntities _siteDB = new HGEntities();

    // rest of repo
}

The other two repositories are built the same way.
My Ninject DI code is fairly simple:
private class HandiGamerServices : NinjectModule
{
    public override void Load()
    {
        Bind<IArticleRepository>().To<HGArticleRepository>().InRequestScope();
        Bind<IGameRepository>().To<HGGameRepository>().InRequestScope();
        Bind<INewsRepository>().To<HGNewsRepository>().InRequestScope();
        Bind<ErrorController>().ToSelf().InRequestScope();
    }
}

From what I've read, this should create these bindings once per HTTP request.
What I'd like to do is have one instance of my HGEntities object be shared among all repositories in order to ensure I have one and only one ObjectContext in play.  I'm just unsure how to do it.
Is there a standard way to do this?

A: Here's one option:
Change your repositories to take in an interface, IHGEntities, in their constructor and hook up HGEntities into your NinjectModule the same you did with your repositories. That way, when your controllers need an instance of IArticleRepository, Ninject will either instantiate an instance of HGEntities to pass into the repositories or use the instance that is already active in the current HTTP context.
Then, inside your repository classes you can simply cast IHGEntities to HGEntities.

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Jegenstorf railway station () is a railway station in the municipality of Jegenstorf, in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is an intermediate stop on the  gauge Solothurn–Worblaufen line of Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn.

Services
The following services stop at Jegenstorf:

 RegioExpress: half-hourly service between  and .
 Bern S-Bahn : service every fifteen minutes to Bern.

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Railway stations in the canton of Bern
Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn stations

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Bruce Lee Had Achieved All of his life goals before he died at the age of 32, because of these Principles
by Vishnu Sharma · October 9, 2017
Who hasn't heard about Bruce Lee and the kind of fame he achieved before his untimely death at the age of 32? But do you know that he sort of knew from a very young age what all he wanted to achieve in his life? You would be surprised to know that he had made some specific goals in life, and the great part was that he was always sure that would achieve all of those aims. Isn't this an amazing thing? Well, today we are going to tell you about those life goals that he had for himself and how did he achieve those goals by keeping in mind some of the basic principles that have the power to transform any person's life. So, just be with us on this inspirational journey.
1 First of all, let us show you a letter that he wrote to himself
Yes, you read that correctly; Bruce Lee had actually written to himself stating the goals which he wanted to achieve in his life. Here you go:
So, Bruce Lee had promised himself that would become the first highest paid Oriental super star in the United States. He further wrote, "In return I will give the most exciting performances and render the best of quality in the capacity of an actor." He even said that starting from the year 1970, he will achieve world fame and from then onward till the end of 1980, he will have in his possession $10,000,000. And lastly he proclaimed that he will live the way he pleases and will achieve inner harmony and happiness.
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Unfortunately, four years after penning down this letter, Lee died. But, in the span of those four years, he had actually achieved all of his life goals, and even more. Not only did he achieve his chief aims, but he single-handedly changed the world's perception of the entire Chinese race and revolutionized martial arts.
2 Another Letter that he wrote
You may be wondering how a man could think so clearly about his future, and then even achieve all of his stated life goals. Well, for that you need to read this letter that he had written, and let me say one thing before you read this letter, your life may just change after this.
Bruce Lee was just 21 when he wrote this letter. He had an unending faith in himself, in his spiritual and creative force and in his ways of life. From this letter, we get to know a lot about Lee and the principles on which he had based his life. On the next page, we are going to talk about those basic principles, which are so beautifully hidden in between the words of the letter that a young man of 21 years of age had written at that time.
3 The basic principles of Bruce Lee's life
Do what you are passionate about
In the letter, Bruce Lee has stated that he was not going to do any of it just for "the sole objective of making money." Instead, he would do it because he was passionate about it all.
When we do something we are passionate about, we feel alive doing it for 365 days a year. Apart from giving us that feeling of coming alive, we feel that a great purpose of our life is being fulfilled, and it is this feeling that satisfies us the most.
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Know The Reason Why You want to do something
When we know why is it that we want to achieve our goals, then we get the strength to endure almost anything in our journey. It was clear that money was not the sole objective behind his goals; in fact he laid out several other reasons, which were the motivating factors in his life. He wanted to do it all because of his passion for martial arts, his desire to improve the life standards of his family and to help other people. He had a deep calling that he wanted to share a part of himself with the world.
There is a power within us which is greater than circumstances
Bruce Lee had called this power the "spiritual force" within him. You may call it determination, or willpower, or belief, but it is the existence of this power which makes us passionately pursue our life goals. This belief or willpower may feel like an irrational thought to others, but deep in your heart you know that with your willpower, you can actually overcome all the circumstances that may try to stop you and you will eventually achieve the "impossible."
Having absolute confidence
From both of his letters, the one thing that we can very clearly see is that Bruce Lee had absolute confidence in himself. Having such clear vision of one's goals need a great amount of confidence and that is something he achieved through years of mental and physical training to be the best in his art.
Taking Actions Accordingly
Being able to think so deeply about one's aims in life and having the confidence and belief to achieve that will amount to nothing if all of this is not followed by actions. We need to take all the actions needed to make our dreams come true. And in this regard, Bruce Lee had said, "Balance your thoughts with action. — If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done." Need we say more?!
What an incredibly inspirational man he was! Don't you think? Well, we are highly motivated by the kind of belief Bruce Lee had in himself and his ways of life because of which he accomplished so much. The legacy he left behind by his works and his words is of such great stature that it has inspired millions of people around the world, and his story continues to motivate us even today. May his soul rest in peace.
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Any kind of art form always attracts me and I love to see all those hardwork they put to showcase an art form. Me and my family hop from one pandal to another for hours and witness some amazing artworks in these four days. While on the road and walking miles after miles, you are bound to be hungry and thirsty. To satiate people's hunger and thirst in this humid weather, there are numerous food stalls are found on the both side of the road. Phuchka(gol-gappa), rolls, bengali chops(fried fritters), Momo, Biriyani, Ice creams and what not. The people of Bengal cannot think of a home-cooked meal these four days, as there are so many varieties of food to offer on roadside stalls or restaurants these festive days.
This year the weather is hotter and while pandal hopping, I am just craving for something cold all the time. While looking for something cold, I found a roadside shop, which was selling Ice creams from various companies. While kids were opting for vanilla or mango flavour ice-creams, my eyes were struck upon a flavour, which I love from my heart. It was nolen gur ice-cream from Mother's Diary. I suddenly yelled, " I want Nolen gur Ice cream". I was acting just like a kid who was treated with an ice-cream after long time. And when its Mother Dairy, I don't opt for anything else. I use many of their products like milk, sour yogurt, paneer, cheese spread, cheese slices etc. Yes, Mother Dairy has recently introduced this flavour in Kolkata market. The reason of me being so happy is that I once tasted this same flavour of Ice-cream in a 5-star restaurant which was priced more than 300 rupees for a small bowl of ice-cream. When I found that Mother Dairy has launched the same flavour for lot more cheaper price, my joy was boundless and I screamed for my favorite ice-cream.
Nolen Gur or date palm jaggery is quite popular in eastern part of India, specially among bengali people. We love anything made with date palm jaggery or nolen gur. One spoonfull of this ice cream, and I forgot all my tiredness and roamed for some more time doing pandal hopping. Even my kids stole few spoon from me and they loved it. They made me promise that I have to bring home this ice-cream soon. Perfect blend of sweetness and flavour will take you to another world alltogether.
Mother's Diary has made it in pack sizes of 750ml & 90ml and priced at Rs 150/- & Rs 20/- respectively. Treat your kids' ocassionally or serve your guests this nolen gur Ice cream at the end of a festive meal or just devour yourself. Choice is yours. It's going to be a regular in my home, that I'm sure.
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Q: Android don't call onPause and onStop when looping process is running I create a very simple android application with a single button name is 'Generate'. The activity handle onclick event.
public void autoGenerate(View view) throws InterruptedException {
    Log.v("Hello", "I'm Duy");
    final int count = 10000;
    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
        Log.v("Count", String.valueOf(i));
        Thread.sleep(1000);
    }
}

I've added log to onPause and onStop.
@Override
protected void onPause() {
    Log.v("Life Cycle", "onPause ...");
    super.onPause();
}

@Override
protected void onStop() {
    Log.v("Life Cycle", "onStop ...");
    super.onStop();
}

I click Generate button, this application print the counter value in LogCat. Then I click home button on my phone, there's no callback happened util the looping is completed. I totally don't understand this case because I think when the app disappear, system should call the callback onPause and onStop.
Can anyone help me? I'm just a beginner who start reading android e-book.

A: Once you entered in a loop, application will not exit until your loop finishes. Instead of using loop directly, start a new thread to execute the loop. The even if you close the application, loop will be running in background.

A: UI click events are processed from main thread of your application.
Your for loop is blocking the main thread and hence onPause lifecycle call is delayed.


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PAINTING OF JEWEL-ENCRUSTED MONARCH WHICH ADORNED BRITISH BANK
Bonhams next sale of Indian and Islamic Art on 25th October includes a fascinating portrait of His Imperial Majesty Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar, the Persian Shah from 1848 to 1896 – painted during a State visit to England in 1889.
Ironically, it was this association with Great Britain and its numerous business interests within Persia, that led to domestic unrest, culminating in the Shah's assassination on the eve of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of his accession.
Estimated to sell for £15,000 to £25,000, the image painted by the British artist, John Vinter (1828-1905), a favourite artist of Queen Victoria, recalls an age when Britain s relations with Persia (later Iran) were extremely cordial. This painting, commissioned at the time of the opening of The Imperial Bank of Persia (which became the Imperial Bank of Iran in 1935), remained the property of the bank, which was later known as HSBC Middle East, and hung in their Mayfair-based headquarters.
The Imperial Bank of Persia was established in London in 1889 and in the same year opened its doors in Tehran. It had obtained a 60 year banking concession from the Shah and was granted a monopoly for issuing Persias first bank notes as well as acting as the state bank of Persia. Unusually, it was also granted a Royal charter by the British government.
Diamonds As Big As Walnuts
Nasr al-Din Shah was the first of the Persian Shahs to visit the West and came to England in 1873. On this first visit, Queen Victoria awarded the Shah the British Order of The Knight of the Garter and in return he presented her with the Persian Order of the Imperial Effigy.
According to observers of his visit, the Shah's uniform was sometimes covered with precious stones from shoulder to waist, 'a glittering breastplate' in the words of his French physician who added that diamonds as big as walnuts were used for buttons.
In Vinter's portrait of the Shah, apart from a display of large diamonds, we are able to identify the gold woven belt with its heart-shaped cabochon-cut emerald buckle (estimated at 175 carats). It has been suggested that this emerald was in fact the one that once adorned the Mughal Emperor of India and was plundered by the Persian ruler Nadir Shah during the Siege of Delhi in 1739 and taken back to Persia. Also, the diamond medallion the Shah is wearing around his neck could well be the Darja-i Nur, the Nur al-Aui or the Taj-i Mah, three fabled Golconda diamonds which were mined during the Mughal reign.
Many of the royal portraits in Persia were based on photographs which were taken by the chief photographer Mirza Ahmad Khan, Sani' al-Sattanah. He became one of the most illustrious Persian photographers of the Qajar period. He accompanied the Shah on his visit to England in 1889 as the official court photographer. It is most likely that Vinter would have been supplied with photographs of the Shah on which this portrait is based
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La contea di Clay, in inglese Clay County, è una contea dello Stato dell'Arkansas, negli Stati Uniti. La popolazione al censimento del 2000 era di 17.609 abitanti. La contea ha due capoluoghi: Corning e Piggott (quest'ultima è anche la città più popolosa). La contea venne chiamata originariamente Contea di Clayton, ed il nome le venne dato in onore di John Middleton Clayton, avvocato e politico statunitense. Successivamente la contea prese il nome di Contea di Clay, anche se la derivazione del nome rimase la stessa.

Geografia fisica
La contea si trova nella parte nord-orientale dell'Arkansas. L'U.S. Census Bureau certifica che l'estensione della contea è di 1.661 km², di cui 1.656 km² composti da terra e i rimanenti 5 km² composti di acqua.

Contee confinanti
Contea di Butler (Missouri) - nord
Contea di Dunklin (Missouri) - est
Contea di Greene (Arkansas) - sud
Contea di Randolph (Arkansas) - ovest
Contea di Ripley (Missouri) - nord-ovest

Principali strade ed autostrade
 U.S. Highway 49
 U.S. Highway 62
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Storia
La Contea di Clay venne istituita il 24 marzo 1873.

Città e paesi
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Dr. AdedotunOnoyinka AFOLAYAN graduated with PhD (Environmental Biology) from University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She is currently an Assistant Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Tissue Culture Section, Biotechnology Unit, National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB), Nigeria. She is also the Vice-President of the Nigeria Chapter of Society for Conservation Biology. She is a Research Fellow and member of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation. She is an Alumnus of NUFFIC and Fellow, Netherlands Fellowship Program (NFP). She is also a Present Member of Biotechnology Society of Nigeria (BSN), Association for Environmental Impact Assessment of Nigeria (AEIAN), Horticultural Society of Nigeria (HORTSON) among others.
Dr. Afolayan has worked with both the academic and research organizations. She has contributed positively to both the intellectual and research resources of the nation. She was Assistant Lecturer at the School of Medical Laboratory, University College Hospital (UCH), Nigeria (2006 – 2008) where she taught the degree students Biology. She then proceeds to carrying out independent research studies at the department of Zoology, University of Ibadan, towards the award of a Doctor of Philosophy degree. She got appointment at NACGRAB in 2011 as Scientific Officer 1; and has been at this Institution since that time. She is diligent and has an indisputable passion for research, a unique quality that has contributed positively to the achievement of the given mandates of the Institution.
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Dr. Afolayan's passion for research has led her to different collaborative research studies at National and International level. She was selected as the team coordinator for Team AMKID under a collaborative research grant from the International Foundation for Science (IFS), Sweden (2015). Through the collaboration of International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) with NACGRAB, she has also contributed immensely to the ongoing project on Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA), under the project leadership of Dr. Norbert Maroya (IITA) and research coordination of Dr. MorufatBalogun. This project, which is sponsored by Bill and Melinda Gates, has given IITA the responsibility to improve yam quality for farmer's benefit so as to ensure food security in West Africa and the Tissue Culture Section of NACGRAB is saddled with the responsibility of the rapid in vitro multiplication of the yam germplasm. Being the head of this section and the lead researcher, she has passionately seen to the successful delivery of the given responsibility. She also corresponds for IITA in this project as the authorized desk officer.
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Members of this online community will be equipped with tools and strategies so they can actively participate in planning and building a housing development – interactions which help them select their requirements for location, space and budget.
Like a murmuration of starlings the online community has the intelligence to adapt its form as the planning process and development progresses. In some instances, members may have to change direction, or alter their plans, in response to real world influences– but by flocking together they can achieve their common goal.
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The Ethical Dairy's Bluebell cheese has won 'Best Product Award' in the chilled and frozen category at Scotland's Speciality Food Show.
Held at the SEC in Glasgow, the event is Scotland's largest fine food and drink trade show. The annual awards seek to highlight the Scottish products that are most highly rated by industry buyers and food experts, with Gary Maclean, Masterchef Winner and Scotland's National Chef, amongst the panel of industry judges.
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While many museums with comprehensive collections face similar challenges in keeping up with trends, the Brooklyn Museum is also facing serious financial pressures. To deal with a budget deficit of about $3 million, the museum has undergone two rounds of buyouts and halted acquisitions.
The museum's board seems to have bet on a contemporary emphasis by choosing a new director with a background in that field, Anne Pasternak. Yet she needs to find her own balance between recent art and the museum's vast holdings in pre-20th-century work."


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Q: WP8 Center Of Map I have a map which zooms in and centers to the location of the user when the page loads. What I want to do now is allow the user to move around the map (which it can do) and when they click on a button, it saves the center coordinate (lat and long) of that location. I will need to add an image of maybe a + sign on the map to aid their accuracy.
Does anyone know how I might achieve this? I guess i'll need some sort of Overlay to plot the + sign image so that it's always in the center.

A: Overlays are located at certain map coordinates, while you want to center an image in the screen coordinates. You can do that by simply laying out the map component and your image on top of each other:
<Grid Name="MapGrid">
  <maps:Map Height="Auto" VerticalAlignment="Stretch"/>
  <Image HorizontalAlignment="Center" Height="64"
         VerticalAlignment="Center" Width="64"
         Source="/Assets/crosshair.png" IsHitTestVisible="False"/>
</Grid>


working again on optimizing performance, I'm stuck with this one, can't get what defer parsing of js is all about.
Looking at an actual test: http://www.webpagetest.org/result/111114_0X_266AT/ I think you could get a fair bit of benefit by using the non-ssl version of content for non-encrypted pages but the biggest overall win would probably come from converting a bunch of the images into a sprite.
Yeah, if most of the images are not already css background images then spriteme might not be able to find them.
The easiest way I know of to do protocol-neutral loading is to use absolute urls without the protocol: //ajax.googleapis.com/... (I think there is a problem if you use that for css on IE so just be careful).
Stoyan wrote an article on asynchronously loading social media buttons.
I tested with Google's suggestion, and the JS didn't work, maybe I did it wrong, that's why I asked for more specific help using our code as an example.
Quote: The defer attribute is only supported by Internet Explorer.


This was the case with aviation almost from its origins, with Blériot inaugurating Aéroparc de Buc as early as 1912.
Nuclear was to follow in the immediate postwar period with Raoul Dautry and Frédéric Joliot-Curie who set up the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in 1945.
SOLEIL. These were joined by agricultural research institutions, universities and schools, and by successive waves of research labs belonging to large technology companies. This quite unique gathering of resources at Paris-Saclay has grown to represent around 15% of French research, both public and private.
Until recently, this grouping has remained a patchwork of institutions without real synergy.
The history of Paris-Saclay is therefore one of transition from what was essentially a "suburb" with an increasingly scientific focus into a fullyfledged innovation district.


There are a number of corneal conditions that can affect your eye health, vision, comfort and, in some cases, appearance which we see with some frequency at Baltimore Washington Eye Center. These include recurrent corneal erosion or "scratched cornea", pterygium, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS), and dry eyes. Were indicated, as a corneal specialist, I can offer consultation, diagnosis, and treatment for the full range of corneal conditions.
Recurrent Corneal Erosion (RCE) is a condition of the cornea whereby there is a poor attachment of the outermost layer of the cornea, the epithelium, to the underlying basement membrane layer, called Bowman's Membrane. Patients who experience Recurrent Corneal Erosion may experience sharp pain, light sensitivity, tearing and watering of their eyes, and a gritty sensation. Often this occurs upon awakening or rubbing the eyes. Recurrent Corneal Erosion is a condition that may be associated with Map-Dot-Fingerprint Dystrophy. We may initially prescribe salt solution eye drops or ointment as the first line of treatment. This medication helps the epithelium to adhere more firmly to Bowman's Membrane. Usually artificial tears are also recommended to keep the cornea moist. Sometimes, a soft bandage contact lens will be used to help the healing process.
Those patients who have a corneal dystrophy may require additional treatment. This usually includes an in-office procedure called "stromal puncture". Microscopic "spot welds" are made on the cornea with a special needle, under local anesthesia, to encourage the epithelial layer to bond securely to Bowman's Membrane. For those patients, who continue to suffer from Recurrent Corneal Erosions despite the treatments described, we may recommend Phototherapeutic Keratectomy (PTK) which involves removal of the superficial layer of corneal cells using the Excimer Laser to encourage proper healing.
A pterygium is a fleshy triangular growth of tissue on the cornea that may grow slowly throughout a person's life. Rarely, a pterygium can grow across the cornea and block the pupil. People who live in sunny climates where they are exposed to more sunlight and UV light are more prone to developing pterygia. Pterygia may become red, swollen and inflamed and sometimes they need to be removed. Removal of a pterygium is a surgical procedure that has recently undergone medical advances including a technique we now use called Amniotic Membrane Graft in order to prevent recurrences and obtain the best possible results for pterygium surgery.
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, also called Erythema Multiforme, is a disease of the skin that also affects the eyes. SJS causes blistering and painful lesions on the skin and mucous membranes throughout the body. If SJS is extreme it can cause conjunctivitis, corneal blisters and erosions or iritis-an inflammation of the iris. While the exact cause of SJS is not clear, it is believed that it can occur from an adverse reaction to drugs such as sulfa containing drugs. SJS can occur in any age group but seems more common in those under 30 years of age.
Dry Eye Syndrome is a very common eye condition that can affect the cornea. Anytime there is inadequate tear production, too rapid tear evaporation or drainage, the symptoms of dry eyes may become present. The symptoms of dry eyes include a scratchy, dry, sandy or gritty feeling that can be accompanied by a stringy clear white discharge with noticeable pain and redness. Dry eye creates additional risk of corneal infection, since the tear film, which serves to protect against infectious organisms among other functions, is deficient.
Fortunately, our team of eye doctors has a great deal of expertise in the advanced diagnostic testing of dry eyes and will be able to make a treatment recommendation for your individual situation. For those patients with mild to moderate dry eyes, the first course of treatment may be to use unpreserved artificial tears or lubricant eye drops. Depending on the nature of your tear film deficiency, they may prescribe a specific type of artificial tear that has different characteristics in terms of salt content, viscosity or lubricity.
In addition, it may be necessary to insert tiny "punctal plugs" into the openings of your tear ducts, in order to slow down or even stop the drainage of tears away from the eye. Occasionally there are some cases that may not respond to the above sequence of treatment options because of some underlying low-grade inflammatory or infectious process. In these cases it may be necessary to also prescribe an oral antibiotic such as a tetracycline, or an anti-inflammatory eye drop such as a corticosteroid eye drop.
If you suffer from moderate to severe dry eyes we may prescribe Restasis® eye drops, which, in addition to the other treatments, can often help alleviate your symptoms. Restasis® is an advanced type of cyclosporine eye drop that acts by blocking a specific type of inflammatory cell from entering the Lacrimal Gland, which produces normal tears. By reducing or blocking inflammation in the Lacrimal Gland, it functions much more effectively so that you can actually make more of your own natural tears and keep your eyes moist and lubricated.
If you experience corneal conditions such as recurrent corneal erosion, pterygium, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome or dry eyes you will need a thorough exam, diagnosis and treatment to help you maintain your eye health, vision and comfort. Please call Baltimore Washington Eye Center at 800-495-3937 to schedule an appointment.
About Corneal Conditions at Baltimore Washington Eye Center in Glen Burnie and Gambrills Maryland.


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Miley Ex's New Girlfriend Eiza Gets Movie Role
By admin September 20, 2013 16:12
Mexican actress Eiza Gonzalez notably the new star girlfriend of Liam Hemsworth, is headed to the big screen after landing a role in a new comedy flick.
According to E! News, the 23-year-old Mexican actress will costar in the upcoming comedy film, "All Hail the Squash Blossom Queen."
In an interview with the gossip website, the film's director Adrian Cervantes, told the gossip site that Gonzalez will not play a Hispanic part, but "a straight American girl." Gonzalez's character will be named Brittany.
"The whole movie takes place during a single summer," Cervantes told the website about the movie's plot. "(It's about) a small-town girl who lives to compete in beauty pageants. She'll be facing a huge challenge when her main love interest becomes her biggest opponent at the town's beauty pageant."
Shooting for the film is set to being in April 2014. They are currently looking at filming in Georgia or Washington.
Gonzalez, who is currently in Mexico, took to Twitter to show her excitement in anticipation for her new role.
"Can't wait to start shooting!! this is gonna be sick!! ������☺ @SqshBlssmFilm @CameronMonaghan @thisisbwright"
Gonzalez recently has been a focus of media attention after she was spotted earlier this week with Miley Cyrus' ex, Hemsworth, during a trip to Las Vegas. There have been numerous sighting of the new love birds throughout the week including in L.A as well. Hemsworth and Cyrus were together for three years before breaking off their engagement. Hemsworth seems to be infatuated with his new romance to Gonzalez despite current media frenzies over Miley's VMA performance and controversial new music video, "Wrecking Ball."
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Shame is no comrade for the poor, I weet.
— Book XVII, line 347 (Worsley).
— Che Guevara, as quoted in The Quotable Rebel : Political Quotations for Dangerous Times (2005) by Teishan Latner, p. 112.
comrade Nicolae Ceau?escu, all childrenAre bringing you burning love from their souls,Because you, leading the Party and the people,Are teaching us to move forward.When we say Ceau?escu, we all knowThat we say liberty, truth and steadfastness.That's why we love you with ardor,With all that is heart in us and in Romania.
— No Motherland Without You.


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Q: How to place a scroll down button in the middle of split screen window? The split screen is similar to this one here: http://codepen.io/rileyjshaw/pen/vGLvVo
I'm trying to place a scroll down button on it. How can I place this button in the center and on the bottom side of the window?
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A: A solution to your problem would be to create a div with an absolute position. You could then align it to the center and to the bottom. Here some example HTML and CSS I created using the example codepen: http://codepen.io/tcaer/pen/xOpjBB
HTML:

CSS:
 position: absolute;
 z-index: 2;
 left: 0;
 right: 0;
 margin-left: auto;
 margin-right: auto;
 bottom: 100px;

If you require to use position: absolute inside another div, just put position: relative on the parent container.

A: In my case i had to put a scroll_down Icon in middle of Screen and also must scroll down to next section when clicked.
CSS:
scrolldown{
    position: absolute;
        z-index: 2;
        left: 45%;
        right: 0;
        margin-left: auto;
        margin-right: auto;
        bottom: 0%;

    }

HTML:

//Content


Anthony Bereznai is hoping to make Ottawa's first indoor bike and skate park happen. Photo by Chris Cormier.
On April 5 a unique new Kickstarter campaign launched for the Ottawa area: The Yard's goal is to open Ottawa's only indoor, year-round bike and skateboard park. Within the first week the project had already raised almost half of their $100,000 goal. After reviewing the campaign for myself, I immediately signed up as a backer and contacted Anthony Bereznai to set up an interview to get the word out to our Apt613 readers. Anthony was kind enough to invite me into his home one chilly Saturday afternoon and we had a wonderful conversation about this very exciting project.
A key component of The Yard's mission statement is to enhance and foster the action sports community here in Ottawa.
At this point some of you may be asking "Wait, why should this be covered in Apt613?" and the reality is that both Apt613 and The Yard have community at their core. A key component of The Yard's mission statement is to enhance and foster the action sports community here in Ottawa and in much the same way, the founders of Apt613 saw this blog as a platform for building community in its own way. For another example of how people involved in action sports are working to enhance Ottawa overall, take a look at Jen Bernard's article on Aaron Cayer, community builder and co-owner of Birling Skateboard Shop on Somerset.
Anthony Bereznai is hoping to make Ottawa's first indoor bike and skate park happen. Photo by Chris Cormier.
As mentioned previously, Anthony and I met in his home to discuss The Yard and upon turning onto his street I could pick out his house almost immediately—it was clearly the one with all of the jump-ramps and obstacles on the front lawn. A family man, Anthony and his wife have 4 children between the ages of 6 to 14 and they are clearly a large part of the motivation behind this project. During our conversation and in the promotional material found on the Kickstarter page, there is clearly a strong desire to create a family-friendly environment that supports physical health and fosters personal growth.
With the well documented correlation between screen time and childhood obesity Anthony sees The Yard as a fun and exciting way to help kids become more active: "…this is one of those things where, without nagging them, you are taking care of a lot of those problems." An indoor park provides novice riders, young and old, with a place to practice and perfect their technique on obstacles that are well built, and skill level appropriate. This can allow for a quicker progression than through riding outdoors where the effects of changing weather conditions, traffic, and other environmental factors play a much more significant role that may slow learning.
Apt613 readers may be aware that is not the first time someone has attempted to open an indoor action sports park in the National Capital Region. In fact, according to my sources there have been 3 failed attempts in the past, but The Yard has set itself apart in two key aspects. The first being the Kickstarter campaign which has set a seemingly lofty goal of $100,000 in crowd-funding. Backers of the project are able to choose from a variety of funding tiers and provided with a number of discounted park passes in return. At the time of writing more than 300 people have pledged a total of $67,000 and there is still plenty of time before the May 19 closing date. That means the average backer is putting more than $200 towards the project (though there are numerous donation levels) and because of Kickstarter's all-or-nothing formatting, the risk for backers is quite low should the project not reach its target.
Thanks to everyone who came out last night to @airborneactionsports ! It was great to see the community supporting The Yard 🤟 Stay posted for more fundraising events!
The second key aspect that separates The Yard from the previous attempts is Anthony and the team he has assembled. With both an engineering degree and an MBA, Anthony works as a management consultant and clearly brings his business skills to this endeavor. It was his idea to go beyond the tribalism that still runs rampant in the action sports community, and attract buy-in from bikers, skateboarders, and scooter riders which is something that has not been achieved previously. No matter the community's desire, he realizes that The Yard needs to be commercially viable in order to be sustainable. The seriousness with which he approaches this project has clearly piqued the interest of the action sports community in Ottawa with endorsements from Birling Skateboard Shop, Airborne Action Sports, and many others.
The Yard Kickstarter campaign is running now until Saturday May 19. To find out more information about what is going to be included in the park you and how you can contribute head over to their Kickstarter, Facebook, or Instagram pages.


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Was the Paris Peace Conference and four months of wrangling amongst the Allies robbing Germany of its Empire a key document that impacts on British Appeasement Policy in 1938 1939 and was it also a major factor in the problems that led to WW2? In full knowledge of its content is Chamberlain all too aware of its implications and seeks to appease Germany's imperialist pretensions because of it, or in spite of it. Before we judge Chamberlain should we not take a long hard look at Britain in the 'interwar years' and how these outcomes constrain the options available as Baldwin resigns and Chamberlain picks-up the poison chalice.
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Life is an adventure. Dress accordingly!
If you're lookin' for some hot, hot stuff on Australian Broadway, you've come to the right place. Priscilla 'Queen of the Desert' delivers the seasonal warmth in an Aussie winter. It also brings a whole lotta depth.
The show kicks off with two drag queens and a transgender woman (the eldest of the three), who perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs. As they head west from Sydney aboard their soon-to-be pink bus, Priscilla, the three friends come to the forefront of a comedy of errors, encountering a number of hilarious characters, as well as the intense theme of homophobia, while widening our hearts and finding new horizons.
During the inevitable 'over-the-top' performances, the audience couldn't help but chime into some of the classics— "It's Raining Men" opened the show driving into a strong focus on Felicia's Kylie Minogue obsession, "Better the Devil You Know." The degree of vivaciousness in Simon Phillips' direction keeps the laughs flowing and the action engaging.
This production lives or dies on the shoulders of its three leading Queens — and they are incredible. Tony Sheldon plays Bernadette, and he has the ability to flip his emotions in the blink of an eyelash. David Harris returns to Australia to play Tick, the strongest role but with an emotional story. The concept of a father who feels uncomfortable for his young son to be aware of his drag career is still convincingly tense.
Who could forget the flamboyant Euan Doidge as he fully inhabits the cheeky sprite of Felicia, bringing an extra level of dazzle with his phenomenal dance skills. Naturally we see two sides of the character, and Doidge balances them both with raw, endearing vulnerability.
As a jukebox musical, this iconic Australian classic has additional nostalgia and affection of the franchise's original 1994 film production with Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, and Terence Stamp as Bernadette. Priscilla 'Queen of the Desert' checks virtually all the boxes: toe-tappingly familiar songs, stellar performances, shiny costumes, and a reminder of the impact of its subject on the music industry at large. Get ready to focus on sparkling numbers but also the exposition as well.
Some musicals are timeless. Priscilla is definitely one of them.


Medina of Sousse bears exceptional witness to the civilization of the first centuries of the Hegira. The medina constitutes an early and interesting example of a new type of Islamic city. The most ancient and best conserved of all, the ribat of Sousse is an excellent example of this type of construction. The port of Sousse was the Phoenician outpost of Hadrumetum, a free Roman city, the capital of Byzacium under Diocletian, the Vandal city of Hunericopolis, and finally the Byzantine city of Justiniana or Justinianopolis. No monument, however, survives from these thousand years of history, for during his conquest of Ifriqiya, Oqba ibn Nafìi entirely destroyed Justinianopolis after a two-month siege. Built in the late 7th century on these ruins and given its present name, Sousse was a completely new city.
The most ancient monument still standing, the Ribat, belongs to that period. It was part of the Islamic defences against the Byzantine fleets. The ribats housed the garrisons of the Defenders of the Faith, the Mourabitin, and their austere architecture reflected the structures' dual military/religious function. In 821 the Emir Ziyadat Allah I completed the fortifications by adding a square bastion with tower which served both as a watchtower and as a minaret. From the enclosed port, protected by these walls, Muslim troops embarked in 827 on their conquest of Sicily.
Under the Aghlabids (800-909), Sousse rapidly flourished. Certain significant monuments were constructed in this golden century: the mosque of Bu Ftata, the first kasbah, and the Great Mosque, founded by the Emir Abdul Abbas Mohammed. In 859, the urban walls seem to have been in their final stage of completion, and the limits of the medina were broadly drawn. The surrounding fortifications made the military function of the ribat less vital and it reverted fully to its religious function.
The port declined with the founding of Mahdia in 916, but re-established itself in the 11th century. In the 12th century its status was again compromised when the Sicilian Normans captured Sousse and held it for eleven years. The Spanish troops of Charles V took Mahdia in 1554; after this it recovered to some extent.
The medina was conceived according to a regular plan with its meridian axis running from Bab el Khabli to the ribat and the ancient interior port, and its east-west axis going from Bab el Djedid to Bab el Gharbi. It is a rectangular enclosure flanked with towers and turrets, a single gate on the south, an inner courtyard rising over two levels with 35 cells opening on to it. It has a mosque on the southern side of the first storey with the south-east tower, added in 821, serving as both minaret and watchtower; from it signals could be transmitted to the ribat at Monastir.
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